Shopping For Clothes

Whether you are in a marketplace or a supply station, acquiring the things you need involves specific vocabulary for exchange and description.

Commerce Vocabulary

In Hîsyêô, commerce is viewed as an exchange of value rather than pure consumption.

Latin

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

aStK ulNfu

English	Hîsyêô	Literal Meaning	Usage
Store / Shop	gubuyo	Store
Market	boxô  gubuyo	Store place
Money	munî		Postfix with xokôn to provide currency amounts
Price	wîlûwo	Value / Cost	Not an adjective, needs fuî to associate with entities
A purchase	kôlmûdul		Not a verb, represents the thing exchanged for
Cheap	wîlûwo  bûzôk	Deficient cost
Expensive	wîlûwo  odigon	Excess cost
Taxes	cino	Charge / Fee / Tax

The Verbs of Exchange

English	Hîsyêô	Notes
To Trade	wedo	Also means "to exchange"
To Buy	gomî	Literally "to take." Typically "to trade for X" is used instead.
To Sell	dôstoc	Literally "to give." Typically "to trade X" is used instead.
To Pay	cifû	To compensate, to make good on an agreement
To have a cost of...	fuî  wîlûwo  yê	English "to cost" îs nocîdo êo "to make lose"

Clothing

The word for "clothing" is  ôntôn. It also functions as the verb to wear.

Latin

 noyo  ôntôn  solwôc. I am wearing a shirt. (Lit: I wear a top one).

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

 ƨɀ  ɽ̃ıc̃ı  ɐ͊ʒ̄ı: I am wearing a shirt. (Lit: I wear a top one).

aStK ulNfu

 ny  oNtoN  sLwoC. I am wearing a shirt. (Lit: I wear a top one).

Standard Verb Object

When you are describing something that you would normally use the verb as the nucleus of a noun phrase, you can skip the repeated verb, treating the description as having an elided nucleus. If there is confusion, use ônî as an impersonal pronoun.

Latin

 noyo  ôntôn  ônî  solwôc.

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

 ƨɀ  ɽ̃ıc̃ı  ɽıƨɟ  ɐ͊ʒ̄ı:

aStK ulNfu

 ny  oNtoN  oni  sLwoC.

Garment Compounds

Most specific clothing items are created by combining  ôntôn with the body part or position they cover.

English	Hîsyêô	Literal Meaning
Shirt / Top	ôntôn  solwôc	Top clothes
Pants / Trousers	ôntôn  tûndû	Bottom clothes
Shoe	ôntôn  wowoê	Foot clothes
Shoe	ôntôn  lîmîen  wowoê	Foot Inner clothes
Hat	ôntôn  wîk  solwôc	Top Head clothes
Glove	ôntôn  zûngô	Hand clothes
Coat / Jacket	ôntôn  wokto	Outer clothes
Dress	ôntôn  solîlo  yê  tûndû  but	Open bottom body clothes
Underwear	ôntôn  lîmîen	Inner clothes

Describing Clothes

You can use standard modifiers to describe the fit and look of the garments.

English	Hîsyêô	Usage
Big / Large	cênbô	ôntôn cênbô (Large clothes)
Small	cûtî	ôntôn cûtî (Small clothes)
Small	gosîl	ôntôn gosîl (Short clothes)
Long	kîldo	ôntôn kîldo (Long clothes)
New	nêôs	ôntôn nêôs (New/Fresh clothes)
Musty	wodîno	ôntôn wodîno (Stale clothes)
Old	nokdo	ôntôn nokdo (Old clothes)

At the Market

Interactions in a shop are usually direct but polite.

Asking for Price

To ask how much something costs, you ask what its wîlûwo (value) is.

Latin

¿ ôfo  fuî  wîlûwo  zik? This has what price?

 ni  fuî  wîlûwo  odigon  ko? Is it expensive?

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

 ɽıɤ  ɤʃɽɟ  ʒɟʓʄʒ  ⱴ̑ȷ≈ This has what price?

 ƨȷ  ɤʃɽɟ  ʒɟʓʄʒ  ɽcȷɔ̃  ɔ≈ Is it expensive?

aStK ulNfu

 of  fri  wiluw  zjK? This has what price?

 nj  fri  wiluw  atjkN  k? Is it expensive?

Making the Purchase

Latin

 noyo  fôlun  xe  wedo  til  ôfo. I want to buy this.

 noyo  kôî  cifû  tô  munî  ko? Can I pay with money?

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

 ƨɀ  ɤıʓ̃ʃ  ɋɿ  ʒɿʌ  c͊ȷ  ɽıɤ: I want to buy this.

 ƨɀ  ɔıɽɟ  ꞇȷɤʄ  cı  ƶʃƨɟ  ɔ≈ Can I pay with money?

aStK ulNfu

 ny  folrN  xq  wqd  tjL  of. I want to buy this.

 ny  koi  cjfu  to  mrni  k? Can I pay with money?

Trying it On

If you want to test the fit, you ask to "try" or "test" the clothing using dênêmêk.

Latin

 noyo  kôî  dênêmêk  ôntôn  ôfo  cî? I can try this clothing, right?

 ni  li  cûtî  odigon. It is too small (excessively small).

ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ

 ƨɀ  ɔıɽɟ  ʌʇƨʇƶ̑ʇ  ɽ̃ıc̃ı  ɽıɤ  ꞇɟ≈ I can try this clothing, right?

 ƨȷ  ʓȷ  ꞇʄcɟ  ɽcȷɔ̃: It is too small (excessively small).

aStK ulNfu

 ny  koi  denemeK  oNtoN  of  ci? I can try this clothing, right?

 nj  lj  cuti  atjkN. It is too small (excessively small).